"Her father, a chef, took her to the kitchen. He filled three pots with water and placed each on a high fire. Once the three pots began to boil, he placed potatoes in one pot, eggs in the second pot, and ground coffee beans in the third pot. He then let them sit and boil, without saying a word to his daughter. The daughter, moaned and impatiently waited, wondering what he was doing."
"After twenty minutes he turned off the burners. He took the potatoes out of the pot and placed them in a bowl. He pulled the eggs out and placed them in a bowl. He then ladled the coffee out and placed it in a cup. Turning to her he asked. "Daughter, what do you see?" "Potatoes, eggs, and coffee," she hastily replied."
"However, each one reacted differently. The potato went in strong, hard, and unrelenting, but in boiling water, it became soft and weak. The egg was fragile, with the thin outer shell protecting its liquid interior until it was put in the boiling water. Then the inside of the egg became hard. However, the ground coffee beans were unique. After they were exposed to the boiling water, they changed the water and created something new."
A father uses potatoes, eggs, and ground coffee beans boiled in separate pots to demonstrate different responses to the same adversity. After boiling, potatoes become soft and weak; eggs become hard inside; coffee transforms and flavors the water. The father asks his daughter to observe these differences and consider their meanings. Each item faced identical boiling conditions but produced distinct outcomes: one softened, one hardened, and one altered its environment. The lesson contrasts passive weakening, defensive hardening, and proactive transformation as responses to hardship or pressure.
Read at Boston Condos For Sale Ford Realty
Unable to calculate read time
Collection
[
|
...
]